Eight persons who got stranded at Mandhewal village along Yamuna river in Yamunanagar district, were airlifted on Wednesday.

While stating this here, Haryana Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Capt Abhimanyu said that around 2 PM, the control room recieved information that some people have been stranded in flooded Yamuna river.

As the velocity of water in the river was very high, it was impossible to reach the affected persons in a boat.

Therefore, the only means to save them was to press a helicopter into service.